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as in excitedly
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as in impetuously
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Recent Examples of impatiently
Levine and Katz behave believably like brothers, impatiently sparring with each other.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
On Christmas morning my sister and I would arise at dawn and sit impatiently in front of the tree, waiting to open dozens of presents that had come in from across the Lemann family’s expanse of relatives, friends, and law-firm clients.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Witnesses also noted that a car was slowly turning in the Chelo's parking lot and the car that hit Patty, impatiently rushed around it.
—Gail Ciampa, The Providence Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
De Luca is impatiently waiting to get clearance on a name for the studio’s new indie acquisitions label, run by ex-Neon rising star Christian Parkes.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2026
After Al Qaeda and then Saddam Hussein abruptly emerged as incarnations of a new totalitarianism, Michael Ignatieff and Niall Ferguson, among many others, impatiently urged the United States to assume its imperial obligations and impose democracy, human rights, and free trade through war.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
The holiday is a good way to mark the start of December and its timing is perfect for kids impatiently waiting for a visit from Santa.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
That story will be built out later when BBC Chair Samir Shah responds to questions around the scandal to the Culture, Media & Sport Committee, which insiders and observers are all impatiently waiting for.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
Now, after 10 years of perfect sweetness, the brand is ready to adult-up, as Agnès Varda’s heroine Cléo did while impatiently awaiting her medical diagnosis.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
On Christmas morning my sister and I would arise at dawn and sit impatiently in front of the tree, waiting to open dozens of presents that had come in from across the Lemann family’s expanse of relatives, friends, and law-firm clients.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Witnesses also noted that a car was slowly turning in the Chelo's parking lot and the car that hit Patty, impatiently rushed around it.
—Gail Ciampa, The Providence Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
De Luca is impatiently waiting to get clearance on a name for the studio’s new indie acquisitions label, run by ex-Neon rising star Christian Parkes.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2026
After Al Qaeda and then Saddam Hussein abruptly emerged as incarnations of a new totalitarianism, Michael Ignatieff and Niall Ferguson, among many others, impatiently urged the United States to assume its imperial obligations and impose democracy, human rights, and free trade through war.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
The holiday is a good way to mark the start of December and its timing is perfect for kids impatiently waiting for a visit from Santa.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
That story will be built out later when BBC Chair Samir Shah responds to questions around the scandal to the Culture, Media & Sport Committee, which insiders and observers are all impatiently waiting for.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
Now, after 10 years of perfect sweetness, the brand is ready to adult-up, as Agnès Varda’s heroine Cléo did while impatiently awaiting her medical diagnosis.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatiently
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Starla, a young boxer that had been excitedly jumping on the visitors, seemed to sense that something serious was happening.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Hendrickson spoke excitedly about the opportunity to play with quarterback Lamar Jackson rather than chase him.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Moreover, Elliott does not act impetuously in its activism.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
6 Dec. 2025
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Yet plenty of glaring questions about the long-term viability of AI programming prevail, with some warning that questionable and unverified code could come to spell disaster for corporations that eagerly embrace it.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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With stock-sized tires, the truck accelerated more eagerly, steering felt sharper, and parking was easier.—
Bryan Rogala,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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Everything—from the squat, one-story structure to the station wagon parked outside—had been coated in the same uneven layer of white paint, as if someone had tried, hurriedly, to erase it from the landscape.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Connecticut legislature hurriedly endorsed the sale during a special session in 2024, adopting — without a public hearing — the enabling legislation needed to allow an unregulated, nonprofit company to buy a regulated water utility.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2026
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This was just as the Watergate era took hold and the Washington Post was becoming the most important and avidly read paper on earth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Yet years spent avidly collecting the pieces naturally left a mark in his approach.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Our next step is to understand how cells controlling hesitation interact with drugs treating ADHD and OCD, conditions where patients can respond impulsively during volatile or uncertain situations.—
Eric Yttri,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Make Impulse Purchases People with organized homes are mindful not to buy things impulsively, explains Kristen Ziegler, the founder of Minima in Richmond, Virginia.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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Their enthusiastically nasty little bon-bon is likely to go over well as an opening-weekend premiere in SXSW’s Midnighter selection.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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My siblings and friends became an adolescent Image Ten, everyone contributing (poorly but enthusiastically) in front of and behind the camera.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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In December, a thief stole the control stick from an R train parked under southern Brooklyn — the same section of track where a young, repeat train thief recklessly threw a train in reverse during a joyride months earlier.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The conviction capped a yearslong process that included investigations by New York authorities and a pursuit for justice by Monica's family, who accused Baldner of acting recklessly during a routine traffic stop and subsequent deadly chase.—
Mike Randall,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Impatiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatiently. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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